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“A graceful portrait of [a] tough little soul from Ireland's itinerant community. . . . an unsentimental depiction of the impoverished traveler lifestyle, one blighted both by prejudices from outsiders and the community's own self-destructive tendencies” (Leslie Halperin, Variety ). Winner of the Satyajit Ray Award at The Times BFI London Film Festival and numerous other international prizes, PAVEE LACKEEN is that rare, refreshing film that reaffirms both the possibilities of a socially conscious cinema and the rewards inherent in an unsensationalistic approach to dramatic subject matter. British director Perry Ogden works in the cinema's great neorealist tradition, employing non-professional actors (ten-year-old Winnie Maughan, and her mother Rose) in a real location (a rough enclave of trailers outside of Dublin, home to the beleaguered Irish Traveller community). Ogden steers well clear of pathos, simply observing the free-wheeling “Traveller Girl's” daily life and the struggles she and her family face, most distressing of which is the government's callous attempt to marginalize this group even further. PAVEE LACKEEN earned comparisons to the Dardenne brothers' Palme d'Or-winning ROSETTA, but in many ways the authenticity and open-endedness of Ogden's method make for a much more powerful work of cinema.
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